Subject: Postmasters--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

David Gill, first assistant postmaster William W. Howes, acting postmaster of Los Angeles Mary D. Briggs, and supervisor John Anson Ford having breakfast at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, January 7, 1938

Description:: From left to right: David Gill, first assistant postmaster general William W. Howes, acting postmaster of Los Angeles Mary D. Briggs, and supervisor John Anson Ford having breakfast at the Ambassador Hotel. Howes was visiting Los Angeles to make the principle address at the Jackson Day dinner, held at the Hotel on the evening of January 8, 1938
Date:: January 7, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mary Briggs being sworn in as Los Angeles Postmistress to take the place of her late husband, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Mrs. Mary Briggs being sworn in as Los Angeles Postmistress to take the place of her late husband H.B.R. Briggs
Date:: September 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

J. B. Van Nuys, J. F. Bourne, and H. B. R. Briggs inside new post office, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to the article, "Non-Closing Postoffice Opens On Spring Street," Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1935: A1.
Date:: July 24, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Postmaster P. P. O'Brien holds a poster for the NRA (National Recovery Administration), Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Postmaster P. P. O'Brien, in his office, holds a poster for the NRA, with a larger poster visible on the desk in front of him. The motto on the poster reads "We do our part."
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Harry H. Streshly poses with an envelope addressed to Santa Claus, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: At right, Harry H. Streshler sits behind his desk and smiles to camera as he holds up an envelope addressed to Santa Claus. The envelope appears to have been rerouted back to Los Angeles. Markings on the envelope read, "Santa Claus, North Pole," "AFTER 5 DAYS, RETURN TO [...] LOS ANGELES, CALIF.," "LOS ANGELES, CALIF NOV 26 12 M 1935," and "BUY U.S. SAVINGS BONDS ASK YOUR [POSTMA]STER." H. H. Streshly rests his elbow to the his desk, which sits at left and stretches straight back. In the background, a map hangs from the wall at left and a door stretches alongside the right edge.
Date:: December 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Postmaster P. P. O'Brien standing beside a post office bulletin board, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Postmaster P. P. O'Brien points to a memo from the Department of Commerce, dated August 2, 1933, about an employment agreement fro the President of the United States.
Date:: [circa August 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs with two other men at a post office, Los Angeles, 1934-1926

Description:: Los Angeles Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs, center, with two other men at the "Savings Bonds Window" of a post office. The two men hold a stack of savings bonds. A sign above them reads: "For Safe Investment of Idle Funds, United States Savings Bonds, $18.75 . . . increases in ten years to . . . . $25.00.....$750.00 . . . increases in ten years to . . $1,000.00." Behind them is the sign for the "Philatelic Window."
Date:: [between February 1, 1934 to September 28, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ambrose O'Connell, Amon G. Carter and Henry B. R. Briggs at a banquet, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Giles Amon Carter was the creator and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson of Western Air Express, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:: Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson aboard the Western Air Express airplane. Assistant postmaster J. F. Bourne and an unidentified man are standing on the side of the plane, and the man on the right is handing Jimmy some papers.
Date:: [between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson of Western Air Express, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:: Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson aboard the Western Air Express airplane. Assistant postmaster J. F. Bourne and an unidentified man are standing on the side of the plane, and the man on the right is handing Jimmy some papers.
Date:: [between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

H. B. R. Briggs, postmaster of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, [between 1934 and 1936]

Description:: This photograph appears with the caption, "Death Takes Official: H. B. R. Briggs, postmaster of Los Angeles, who died yesterday in Washington D. C. of pneumonia. The former newspaper publisher had served since 1934," Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep 1936: 1.
Date:: [between 1934 and 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs taking the oath of office administered by Judge McCormick, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Henry B. R. Briggs (R) taking the oath of office to become the Postmaster of Los Angeles. The oath is administered by United States District Judge Paul J. McCormick (L). A third person stands between them.
Date:: February 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

P. P. O'Brien and Henry B. R. Briggs, past and present postmasters, shaking hands, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:: P. P. O'Brien (L) and Henry B. R. Briggs (R), past and present postmasters of Los Angeles, shaking hands on Briggs' first day in office
Date:: February 1, 1934 t
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Assistant postmaster Charles S. Anderson and postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs, right, welcomes new assistant postmaster Charles S. Anderson.
Date:: [circa September, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mayor Glenn Evans, E. P. Higgins, John Staruch, R. K. Johnson, R. G. Knox, and Amos Dubois at post office groundbreaking ceremony, San Gabriel, 1936

Description:: Glenn Evans (left) holds a shovel, beside five other men standing before a microphone, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new post office in San Gabriel. From left to right: Mayor Glenn Evans; Ephriam P. Higgins, postmaster; John Strauch; R. K. Johnson; R. G. Knox; Amos Dubois, chairman for ceremonies.
Date:: January 16, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

P. P. O'Brien, postmaster, and Mary T. O'Brien, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Francis Griffith, A. B. Foster, and postmaster P. P. O'Brien try out stamp vending machine, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the article “Stamp-seller aids Uncle Sam; new machine will give you change,” Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 1928: A1.
Date:: [August 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Mary Briggs, postmaster, enters the post office in the new Federal Building, Los Angeles, 1939

Date:: January 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs and Peggy Milligan in a postal facility, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Description:: Henry B. R. Briggs, Postmaster of Los Angeles, and Peggy Milligan standing next to a bin holding mail at a postal facility.
Date:: [between February 1, 1934 to September 28, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Postmaster H. B. R. Briggs, J. F. Bourne, Walter Brownsweiger, and an unidentified man by the P.O. boxes, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Non-Closing Postoffice Opens On Spring Street," Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1935: A1.
Date:: July-August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs waits on businessmen J. B. Van Nuys, James Rathwell Page, Ben R. Meyer, J. W. Elliott, and Stiles O. Clements, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: The men form a line in front of the mailboxes to talk to Briggs, leaning over the window counter. Van Nuys leans on the counter holding his hat in his hand.
Date:: July-August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Henry B. R. Briggs, Postmaster of Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Description:: Henry B. R. Briggs, Postmaster of Los Angeles, kneeling in front of a fireplace. There is a carved eagle on the marble mantelpiece of the fireplace, suggesting that Briggs is in a U. S. government building.
Date:: [between February 1, 1934 to September 28, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson of Western Air Express, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:: Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson aboard the Western Air Express airplane. Assistant postmaster J.F. Bourne and an unidentified man are standing on the side of the plane, and the man on the right is handing Jimmy some papers.
Date:: [between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs with Assistant Postmaster J. F. Bourne, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Description:: Henry B. R. Briggs (L), Postmaster of Los Angeles, seated at a desk with papers, as Assistant Postmaster J. F. Bourne points to the papers
Date:: [between February 1, 1934 to September 28, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs on his first day in office, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Henry B. R. Briggs, Postmaster of Los Angeles, on the day he was sworn into office
Date:: February 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Joseph Mesmer and Henry B.R. Briggs, 1935

Description:: View of Joseph Mesmer, left, standing in suit and bowtie, left arm resting on stack of books, Henry B.R. Briggs, right, standing in suit and tie, holding a knife. Joseph Mesmer was a member of the historical society Pioneers of Los Angeles. Henry B. R. Briggs was the Postmaster of Los Angeles from February 1, 1934 to his death (from pneumonia) on September 28, 1936. Prior to that, he was the publisher and editor of the Los Angeles Record.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs in his office, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Description:: Henry B. R. Briggs was the Postmaster of Los Angeles from February 1, 1934 to his death (from pneumonia) on September 28, 1936. Prior to that, he was the publisher and editor of the Los Angeles Record. J. F. Bourne, a long-term postal employee, is mentioned in Los Angeles Times coverage of post office news between 1910 and 1938.
Date:: [between February 1, 1934 to September 28, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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David Gill, first assistant postmaster William W. Howes, acting postmaster of Los Angeles Mary D. Briggs, and supervisor John Anson Ford having breakfast at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, January 7, 1938

Mary Briggs being sworn in as Los Angeles Postmistress to take the place of her late husband, Los Angeles, 1936

J. B. Van Nuys, J. F. Bourne, and H. B. R. Briggs inside new post office, Los Angeles, 1935

Postmaster P. P. O'Brien holds a poster for the NRA (National Recovery Administration), Los Angeles, 1933

Harry H. Streshly poses with an envelope addressed to Santa Claus, Los Angeles, 1935

Postmaster P. P. O'Brien standing beside a post office bulletin board, Los Angeles, 1933

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs with two other men at a post office, Los Angeles, 1934-1926

Ambrose O'Connell, Amon G. Carter and Henry B. R. Briggs at a banquet, Los Angeles, 1934

Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson of Western Air Express, Los Angeles, 1920s

Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson of Western Air Express, Los Angeles, 1920s

H. B. R. Briggs, postmaster of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, [between 1934 and 1936]

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs taking the oath of office administered by Judge McCormick, Los Angeles, 1934

P. P. O'Brien and Henry B. R. Briggs, past and present postmasters, shaking hands, Los Angeles, 1943

Assistant postmaster Charles S. Anderson and postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs, Los Angeles, 1935

Mayor Glenn Evans, E. P. Higgins, John Staruch, R. K. Johnson, R. G. Knox, and Amos Dubois at post office groundbreaking ceremony, San Gabriel, 1936

P. P. O'Brien, postmaster, and Mary T. O'Brien, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Francis Griffith, A. B. Foster, and postmaster P. P. O'Brien try out stamp vending machine, Los Angeles, 1929

Mary Briggs, postmaster, enters the post office in the new Federal Building, Los Angeles, 1939

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs and Peggy Milligan in a postal facility, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Postmaster H. B. R. Briggs, J. F. Bourne, Walter Brownsweiger, and an unidentified man by the P.O. boxes, Los Angeles, 1935

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs waits on businessmen J. B. Van Nuys, James Rathwell Page, Ben R. Meyer, J. W. Elliott, and Stiles O. Clements, Los Angeles, 1935

Henry B. R. Briggs, Postmaster of Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Mail-plane pilot Jimmy Carson of Western Air Express, Los Angeles, 1920s

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs with Assistant Postmaster J. F. Bourne, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs on his first day in office, Los Angeles, 1934

Joseph Mesmer and Henry B.R. Briggs, 1935

Postmaster Henry B. R. Briggs in his office, Los Angeles, 1934-1936

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